Show j jI I j I n t By Frank K Baker Telegram Sports Editor t Removal of Coast League Not All Loss Whenever some of or Salt Lakes Lake's dc dc- dc- dc voted baseball fans gather lather at the barS bar bar- v S S oer cr shop or a center t to toast their toes i ithe in 5 S the hot stoy stove league they invariably in in- in-I in variably wind u UPI up i wistfully with a I now when th theA the thc A 4 A. A t tl l Coast league was wa 5 here herc S t J Perhaps the removal re re- re- re 5 moval mo of the Coast Coas league franchise 5 55 wasn't sue such h a heavy loss after all To be true ones one's diamond apI appetite ap- ap ap lp I petite often craves crave LS the high class per per- Rhodes as pre pre- by teams of ol the Coast league caliber but at the same time there are a few advantages to a town that should not be overlooked More am amateur baseball is being played In Salt Lake Lkc now than ever b before forc and with the businesslike supervision su su- su- su of the Federation of Amateur Amateur Amateur Ama Ama- Athletics much more is being I Idone done to develop clop local talent than I would be done with a professional 1 team playing here S Many Rising Stars In the Making Instead of being of secondary importance importance im Ira- the amateur games arc the main attractions here no now noc Big time baseball forces the amateur games into neglect Consequently low few players play play- ers rise to the big show from communities com corn es In which the majors pitch their tents regularly It is the community without the professional teams the teams the cit city that pays attention to its young fellows coming along that along that produces the greater por por- tion of the players in the majors Joe rookie sensation with Cleveand Cleveland Cleveland Cleve Cleve- land and last summer is one of the first players from a major league city to really make good in a long while Lou Gehrig of the New York Yankees Yankees Yan Yan- kees is another exception but men like Left Lefty Grove Hack Wilson and Burleigh Grimes came from the non- non league districts Utah Must Provide Higher Grade of Ball But Utah's job of oC training its young oung talent Is only half hal done The organization of the state league last summer was a worthy gesture toward accomplishing the rest and that loop should be bc perpetuated Just as the players graduate graduato from their high schools to the thc faster competition competition com corn petition in the amateur leagues under under under un un- der the control of the federation some of the amateur stars need the tr training ining of still faster competition such as the state loop provides Young players develop by pIa playIng playIng play play- Ing not by sitting sitting- in the bleachers bleach bleach- ers us watching somebody else play Where amateur ball played the program Is handled bandIed on a large scale as it is here bere If the Coast league were still here the number of amateurs playing in the federation federation federa federa- tion Hon games ames would not be more than half balf the present number Perhaps the federation would not be functioning at all Rhodes' Rhodes Success Speaks Well ell for Sandlots The success of Gordon Rhodes with the New York Yankees is a recommendation recommendation for the training on Salt Lakes Lake's sandlots With the proper drill more young men ought eventually even to make their way from here into the big top The amateur leagues provide a 0 splendid laboratory for experiments in baseball talent And Its It's far better for lor the youngsters to provide them with a training school than with a show how Basketball Players Like to Dribble Dribbling has spoiled much in the court game says Vadal Peterson cage coach at the University of Utah t The flare for bouncing the ball wildly down the thc n floor or Instead of ol passing it to a teammate is espe espe- j espe-j c I ally all y handicapping handicapping handicap handicap- p. p f r rm m ping many high fj s school c h 0 01 offenses i lJJ and arid because high t school coaches per permit mit their players player i. i j to do a lot of dribbling drib Z hUng bUng t. t the e dribbling perI craze Is hard to erase from college l games J The dribble and arid perhaps a pivot Peterson come automatically and habitually I to many prep players wh who think the they have to bounce the ball baIl at least lea once one before beor they can throw it to another player By the time they do o decide to cut loose with the oval an opponent nent either has them well guarded o othe or orthe orthe the mate is out of position for a well wel timed pass More passing and less Jess dribbling no not only sharpens tHe Hie offense but it als also speeds up the game and eliminates a a. alot lot o of fouling S d S S L |